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1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season

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1949–50 Montreal Canadiens
Division 2nd NHL
1949–50 record 29-22-19
Goals for 172
Goals against 150
Team information
General manager Frank J. Selke
Coach Dick Irvin
Captain Emile Bouchard
Arena Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals Maurice Richard (43)
Assists Elmer Lach (33)
Points Maurice Richard (65)
Penalty minutes Maurice Richard (114)
Wins Bill Durnan (26)
Goals against average Gerry McNeil (1.50)

The 1949–50 Montreal Canadiens season was the 41st season in club history. The Canadiens finished 2nd in the league and lost in the Semi-finals against New York Rangers 4 games to 1.

Regular Season[]

Final Standings[]

National Hockey League
GP W L T Pts GF GA
Detroit Red Wings 70 37 19 14 88 229 164
Montreal Canadiens 70 29 22 19 77 172 150
Toronto Maple Leafs 70 31 27 12 74 176 173
New York Rangers 70 28 31 11 67 170 189
Boston Bruins 70 22 32 16 60 198 228
Chicago Black Hawks 70 22 38 10 54 203 244

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Game Log[]

Regular Season Results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 W October 13, 1949 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 1–0–0
2 W October 15, 1949 3–1 New York Rangers (1949–50) 2–0–0
3 W October 19, 1949 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 3–0–0
4 L October 22, 1949 1–2 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 3–1–0
5 T October 23, 1949 0–0 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 3–1–1
6 L October 27, 1949 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 3–2–1
7 L October 29, 1949 0–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 3–3–1
8 W October 30, 1949 4–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 4–3–1
9 L November 2, 1949 1–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 4–4–1
10 T November 5, 1949 3–3 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 4–4–2
11 T November 9, 1949 2–2 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 4–4–3
12 W November 10, 1949 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 5–4–3
13 W November 12, 1949 5–3 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 6–4–3
14 T November 13, 1949 0–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 6–4–4
15 L November 16, 1949 0–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 6–5–4
16 L November 20, 1949 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 6–6–4
17 W November 24, 1949 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 7–6–4
18 W November 26, 1949 5–1 New York Rangers (1949–50) 8–6–4
19 W November 27, 1949 6–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 9–6–4
20 L November 30, 1949 2–5 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 9–7–4
21 L December 3, 1949 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 9–8–4
22 L December 4, 1949 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 9–9–4
23 T December 8, 1949 2–2 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 9–9–5
24 T December 10, 1949 1–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 9–9–6
25 W December 11, 1949 3–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 10–9–6
26 T December 14, 1949 2–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 10–9–7
27 W December 15, 1949 4–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 11–9–7
28 W December 17, 1949 4–3 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 12–9–7
29 L December 18, 1949 1–3 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 12–10–7
30 L December 21, 1949 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 12–11–7
31 T December 24, 1949 0–0 New York Rangers (1949–50) 12–11–8
32 L December 25, 1949 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 12–12–8
33 T December 28, 1949 1–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 12–12–9
34 W December 31, 1949 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 13–12–9
35 L January 1, 1950 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 13–13–9
36 W January 5, 1950 5–3 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 14–13–9
37 L January 7, 1950 1–3 New York Rangers (1949–50) 14–14–9
38 W January 10, 1950 7–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 15–14–9
39 W January 14, 1950 3–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 16–14–9
40 W January 18, 1950 1–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 17–14–9
41 L January 19, 1950 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 17–15–9
42 W January 21, 1950 3–1 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 18–15–9
43 W January 22, 1950 5–4 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 19–15–9
44 T January 26, 1950 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 19–15–10
45 T January 28, 1950 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 19–15–11
46 L January 29, 1950 0–2 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 19–16–11
47 T February 1, 1950 3–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 19–16–12
48 W February 2, 1950 4–1 New York Rangers (1949–50) 20–16–12
49 L February 4, 1950 2–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 20–17–12
50 W February 5, 1950 4–3 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 21–17–12
51 L February 11, 1950 0–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 21–18–12
52 T February 12, 1950 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 21–18–13
53 T February 16, 1950 3–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 21–18–14
54 L February 18, 1950 2–4 New York Rangers (1949–50) 21–19–14
55 L February 20, 1950 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 21–20–14
56 T February 23, 1950 1–1 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 21–20–15
57 W February 25, 1950 3–2 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 22–20–15
58 L March 2, 1950 2–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 22–21–15
59 W March 4, 1950 3–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 23–21–15
60 T March 6, 1950 2–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 23–21–16
61 T March 9, 1950 1–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 23–21–17
62 W March 11, 1950 5–0 Boston Bruins (1949–50) 24–21–17
63 W March 12, 1950 5–1 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 25–21–17
64 L March 15, 1950 1–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 25–22–17
65 T March 16, 1950 2–2 Detroit Red Wings (1949–50) 25–22–18
66 W March 18, 1950 5–3 New York Rangers (1949–50) 26–22–18
67 W March 19, 1950 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1949–50) 27–22–18
68 W March 22, 1950 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1949–50) 28–22–18
69 W March 25, 1950 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1949–50) 29–22–18
70 T March 26, 1950 3–3 @ Boston Bruins (1949–50) 29–22–19

Playoffs[]

New York Rangers 4, Montreal Canadiens 1[]

foils the Canadiens, Game 1 of the 1950 Semi-finals, March 29, 1950.

Charlie Rayner foils the Canadiens, Game 1 of the 1950 Semi-finals, March 29, 1950.

Unlike in the previous season, the Montreal Canadiens were favorites as they entered the Semi-finals against the New York Rangers. Right from the start, New York served notice that the series will not be an easy victory. The Rangers win the first two games in Montreal to take a 2-0 series lead. As the series shifted to Madison Square Garden, the Rangers claimed a 4-1 win in the third game to put the Canadiens in a huge hole. To shake up his team, Montreal coach Dick Irvin pulled Bill Durnan from the net after the loss and replaced him with Gerry McNeil. The move worked as the Canadiens won 3-2 win in overtime in the fourth game as Elmer Lach delivered the winning goal. The Rangers completed their upset in five games with a 3-0 victory in the next game. Center Norm Dussault shone in the series with three goals after scoring only 13 during the regular season.

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 70 43 22 65 114
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach C 64 15 33 48 33
Reay, BillyBilly Reay C 68 19 26 45 48
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault C 67 13 24 37 22
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle RW 70 19 10 29 18
Reardon, KenKen Reardon D 67 1 27 28 109
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell C 67 15 12 27 42
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey D 70 4 20 24 76
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle LW 66 12 8 20 27
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon D 62 3 16 19 28
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay LW 52 8 10 18 44
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry RW 49 8 8 16 8
Leger, RogerRoger Leger D 55 3 12 15 21
Warwick, GrantGrant Warwick RW 26 2 6 8 19
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard D 69 1 7 8 88
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon LW 37 1 5 6 0
Fillion, BobBob Fillion LW 57 1 3 4 8
Dube, GillesGilles Dube LW 12 1 2 3 2
Hirschfeld, BertBert Hirschfeld LW 13 1 2 3 2
Carveth, JoeJoe Carveth RW 11 1 1 2 2
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe D 30 0 2 2 21
Fryday, BobBob Fryday RW 2 1 0 1 0
Denis, LuluLulu Denis RW 2 0 1 1 0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan G 64 0 1 1 2
Frampton, BobBob Frampton LW 2 0 0 0 0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil G 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Durnan, BillBill Durnan 3840 64 26 21 17 141 2.20 8
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil 360 6 3 1 2 9 1.50 1
Team: 4200 70 29 22 19 150 2.14 9

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Dussault, NormNorm Dussault C 5 3 1 4 0
Lach, ElmerElmer Lach C 5 1 2 3 4
Richard, MauriceMaurice Richard RW 5 1 1 2 6
Bouchard, ButchButch Bouchard D 5 0 2 2 2
Harvey, DougDoug Harvey D 5 0 2 2 10
Reardon, KenKen Reardon D 2 0 2 2 12
Curry, FloydFloyd Curry RW 5 1 0 1 2
Hirschfeld, BertBert Hirschfeld LW 5 1 0 1 0
Harmon, GlenGlen Harmon D 5 0 1 1 21
MacKay, CalumCalum MacKay LW 5 0 1 1 2
Plamondon, GerryGerry Plamondon LW 3 0 1 1 2
Reay, BillyBilly Reay C 4 0 1 1 0
Riopelle, RipRip Riopelle LW 1 0 0 0 0
Johnson, TomTom Johnson D 1 0 0 0 0
Laycoe, HalHal Laycoe D 2 0 0 0 0
Meger, PaulPaul Meger LW 2 0 0 0 2
Frampton, BobBob Frampton LW 3 0 0 0 0
Leger, RogerRoger Leger D 4 0 0 0 2
Gravelle, LeoLeo Gravelle RW 4 0 0 0 0
Mosdell, KenKen Mosdell C 5 0 0 0 12
Fillion, BobBob Fillion LW 5 0 0 0 0
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil G 2 0 0 0 0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan G 3 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
McNeil, GerryGerry McNeil 135 2 1 1 5 2.22 0
Durnan, BillBill Durnan 180 3 0 3 10 3.33 0
Team: 315 5 1 4 15 2.86 0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

Transactions[]

Farm Teams[]

Gallery[]

Video[]

Over 30 minutes of game footage from the Semi-finals and Finals including the presentation of the Stanley Cup.

See Also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1949-50 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.
1949–50 NHL season by team
TeamsBoston • Chicago • Detroit • Montreal • New York • Toronto
See alsoAll-Star Game • 1950 Stanley Cup Finals
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